FNUS73 KFSD 081343
FWSFSD

SPOT FORECAST FOR KETTLESON HOGSBACK...IOWA DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
843 AM CDT FRI APR 8 2011

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP THE
REGION DRY THROUGH TONIGHT...THOUGH THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF AN
ELEVATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM LATE TONIGHT SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90.
A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT INTO THE AREA ON SATURDAY...WITH WELL ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED SOUTH OF THE FRONT ACROSS NORTHWEST
IOWA AND FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE SLIDES NORTHEAST ALONG
THE FRONT. A STRONGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA ON
SUNDAY...WITH A GREATER CHANCE OF RAIN SPREADING WEST TO EAST OF THE
AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY AND
PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY.

.TODAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MIN HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
SKY COVER.......CDY CDY MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
% SKY COVER.....88  88  87  87  85  82  80  74  68  62  60  57
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............41  43  45  46  48  50  52  53  55  56  56  56
RH..............92  86  82  83  80  77  71  69  66  64  64  64
DEWPOINT........39  39  40  41  42  43  43  43  44  44  44  44
20 FT WIND DIR..ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT WIND SPD..8   8   9   10  13  15  17  18  20  18  18  17
20 FT WIND GUST.10  10  10  15  15  20  25  30  30  30  30  25
SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD
CHC OF PCPN (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 1.1 1.4 1.7 2.2 2.7 3.2 3.0 2.8
HAINES INDEX....3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2

$$
FORECASTER...WEISSER
REQUESTED BY...RORY MARTINSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110408.KETTL.01/FSD